Update: Dunk-Eat-Play-Fundraise

Update, 9:15 p.m.: Includes sum raised from fundraiser and new details.

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There were hot dogs, burgers and pizza, karaoke, martial arts and beanbag throws. Best of all, there was a chance, if you had a strong enough pitching arm or lots of luck, to dunk a teacher.

Who could pass up an opportunity like that? 

Hundreds of people filled Coronado High School Thursday to have a little fun as part of an evening that raised more than $150,000 for the Coronado Schools Foundation.

Fair-goers enjoyed the fair in the campus quad while inside the theater, to support educational programs.

Last year's event raised $160,000. By its 9 p.m. conclusion, the telethon had raised $151,549. Donations still will be taken after the broadcast's conclusion, at csfkids.org.

District Superintendent Jeffrey Felix encouraged donors to step up in the 7 p.m. hour to achieve a $10,000 matching grant pledged by a foundation.

He also said that donor support has prevented the district from making cuts, despite education funding woes, a theme for the adult speakers throughout the night. “It's only because of local giving,” Felix said, that programs have been preserved. 

High school student Moriah Grant made a more heartfelt plea. Giving is “super important so my campus can keep being as beautiful as it is,” she said.